Naslov
Political Cynicism and Kynicism of Croatian Citizens: Profiles of Political Thinking and Behaviour

Autori
Blanuša, Nebojša

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, ostalo

Skup
23rd IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Montreal

Mjesto i datum
Montréal, Kanada, 20.07.2014. - 24.07.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Ključne riječi
political cynicism ; political kynicism ; cynicism scale ; kynicsm scale ; political behaviour

Sažetak
In the last thirty years uneasiness has been growing larger as more citizens demonstrate cynical attitudes. Those citizens feel that politicians are immoral and incompetent, have less faith in democracy, and show lower levels of political participation. However, Peter Sloterdijk points out that the dominant view of cynicism is simplified, and he divides political cynicism into two separate ways of thinking: cynicism and kynicism. The main difference between them is in individual’s reaction to the cleavage between public ideological mask and individual’s idea of social reality. Cynics persist in keeping the ideological mask on and have an “enlightened false consciousness”, while kynics highlight this cleavage, oppose the dominant ideology and point out any misuse of political power. In our research construct validity of political cynicism and kynicism scales was tested on the sample of Croatian citizens (N=1002). Also, connection of cynical and kynical thought with an array of relevant political attitudes and political behaviour was scrutinized. Results indicate that cynicism and kynicism are relatively separated and coherent types of political thought.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Psihologija, Filozofija

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